Local Patch Events

I was out with Laddie this morning as usual and it was a wet and misty morning. Two things of note happened both of which require a bins equiped return.

Firstly, I could hear a very loud drumming Woodpecker coming from the edge of the woodland (just by the little bridge where there's a gap in the fence to get into the field)... had I got my bins I'm sure I would have spotted it so I must take a look around.

Secondly, a Mallard flew right past me... the third time I've seen them fly across my 99.9% land local patch recently but this time it landed! I saw him (male) land on the little stream in the very field you can only access through that very hole... so again I'd better go and have a sneaky look!